Volume 7.40 | Oct 23

A Subpopulation of White Blood Cells Guards against Tumor Lung Metastasis
Scientists showed that patrolling monocytes may play an anti-cancer role, particularly in the lung. They tracked the wanderings of these cells in the lung vasculature, filmed them pursuing invading tumor cells, and employed a mouse model that they developed to demonstrate how effective this pursuit is in a living animal. [Press release from the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology discussing online prepublication in Science] Press Release|Abstract